Useful Websites
- Activation of Transcription via Signal Transduction Pathways
- A brief discussion of signal transduction pathways, from a site titled Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes.
- Signal Transduction Cascades
- An understandable discussion of signal transduction. Includes a discussion of protein kinases, protein phosphatases, adenylyl cyclase and CAMP, a G-protein animation, and toxins that affect G protein.
- Calcium Ion Signals
- Calcium ions and signal transduction. Includes animations of calcium release from the endoplasmic reticulum and calcium-induced conformational change in calmodulin.
- Mechanism of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
- A clearly explained animation of the functioning of receptor tyrosine kinases.
